Oculus reverses course, drops DRM

Oculus has released an update to its software yesterday, allowing its games to run on other headsets.

“We continually revise our entitlement and anti-piracy systems, and in the June update we’ve removed the check for Rift hardware from the entitlement check,” the company said in a statement. “We won’t use hardware checks as part of DRM on PC in the future.”

The company left its options open, however.

“We believe protecting developer content is critical to the long-term success of the VR industry, and we’ll continue taking steps in the future to ensure that VR developers can keep investing in ground-breaking new VR content,” the statement continued.

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